M3.0 earthquake 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Wed, Dec 15, 1976, 4:40 AM HST

UTC

1976-12-15 14:40:43 UTC

Depth

9.4 km (5.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.314° N, 155.195° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

107°

Stations used

33

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast39 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast355 kmSE

After

1. 2.015 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 15, 10:10 PM HST · 18187 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
2. 2.224 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 16, 5:04 AM HST · 18187 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
3. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 16, 6:02 AM HST · 18187 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
4. 2.314 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 16, 9:08 PM HST · 18186 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
5. 3.55 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 16, 9:21 PM HST · 18186 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
6. 2.48 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 12:13 AM HST · 18186 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
7. 2.84 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 3:35 AM HST · 18186 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
8. 3.14 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 3:39 AM HST · 18186 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
9. 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 7:16 PM HST · 18185 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
10. 3.215 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 17, 8:31 PM HST · 18185 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
11. 5.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 4:01 AM HST · 18185 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
12. 2.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 5:53 AM HST · 18185 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
13. 2.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 6:12 AM HST · 18185 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
14. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 6:15 AM HST · 18185 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
15. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 8:14 AM HST · 18185 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
16. 3.16 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 10:50 AM HST · 18185 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
17. 2.113 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 2:12 PM HST · 18184 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
18. 2.412 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 18, 6:02 PM HST · 18184 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
19. 3.012 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 1:10 AM HST · 18184 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
20. 2.513 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 1:45 AM HST · 18184 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
21. 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 4:50 PM HST · 18183 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
22. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 1:17 AM HST · 18183 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
23. 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 8:17 AM HST · 18183 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
24. 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 12:46 PM HST · 18182 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
25. 2.312 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 12:53 PM HST · 18182 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
26. 1.99 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 1:30 PM HST · 18182 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
27. 2.520 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 7:32 PM HST · 18182 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
28. 2.47 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 10:39 PM HST · 18182 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
29. 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 11:17 PM HST · 18182 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
30. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 2:24 AM HST · 18182 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
31. 2.013 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 2:45 AM HST · 18182 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
32. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 5:29 AM HST · 18182 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
33. 2.111 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 11:02 AM HST · 18182 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
34. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 22, 1:00 AM HST · 18181 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
35. 2.98 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 22, 5:09 AM HST · 18181 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
36. 3.16 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 22, 9:03 AM HST · 18181 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
37. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 22, 3:05 PM HST · 18180 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
38. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 4:26 AM HST · 18180 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
39. 2.413 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 7:30 AM HST · 18180 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
40. 2.414 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 11:25 AM HST · 18180 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
41. 2.34 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 1:49 PM HST · 18179 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
42. 2.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 2:50 PM HST · 18179 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
43. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 7:07 PM HST · 18179 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
44. 2.75 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 24, 11:50 AM HST · 18178 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
45. 2.78 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 24, 10:01 PM HST · 18178 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
46. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 6:40 AM HST · 18178 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
47. 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 6:43 AM HST · 18178 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
48. 3.32 km WSW of H?lualoa, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 7:01 AM HST · 18178 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
49. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 8:13 AM HST · 18178 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
50. 2.28 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 9:50 AM HST · 18178 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
51. 2.19 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 10:00 PM HST · 18177 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
52. 2.112 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 10:01 PM HST · 18177 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
53. 2.36 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 10:52 PM HST · 18177 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
54. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 11:41 PM HST · 18177 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
55. 2.16 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 26, 12:19 AM HST · 18177 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
56. 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 26, 1:13 AM HST · 18177 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
57. 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 26, 4:29 AM HST · 18177 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
58. 2.88 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 26, 5:22 AM HST · 18177 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
59. 2.27 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 26, 6:32 AM HST · 18177 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
60. 2.27 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 26, 6:49 AM HST · 18177 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

1. 2.813 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 15, 1:20 AM HST · 18188 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
2. 2.423 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 14, 5:25 PM HST · 18188 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
3. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 14, 1:52 PM HST · 18188 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
4. 2.13 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Dec 14, 12:02 PM HST · 18188 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
5. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 14, 6:36 AM HST · 18189 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
6. 2.513 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Dec 14, 4:06 AM HST · 18189 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
7. 2.210 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 13, 10:41 PM HST · 18189 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
8. 3.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 13, 5:26 PM HST · 18189 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
9. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 13, 6:08 AM HST · 18190 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
10. 2.88 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 13, 5:00 AM HST · 18190 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
11. 2.022 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 13, 3:49 AM HST · 18190 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
12. 1.918 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 11:57 PM HST · 18190 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
13. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 11:36 PM HST · 18190 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
14. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 6:41 PM HST · 18190 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
15. 2.73 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 6:32 PM HST · 18190 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
16. 2.512 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 4:02 PM HST · 18190 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
17. 2.54 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 2:05 PM HST · 18190 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
18. 2.32 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 12:18 PM HST · 18190 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
19. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 12, 11:05 AM HST · 18191 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
20. 2.92 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 11, 11:39 PM HST · 18191 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19762248. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:04 AM UTC.